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Festival connects students to Israel

At MSU, things like Hillel Jewish Student Center, 360 Charles St., and Israel Fest, an event encompassing the culture of Israel, help other students connect to the place known for its strong Jewish culture.

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Awards honor exceptional bosses

Karen Plaut was presented with an Outstanding Supervisor Award in honor of National Boss Day on Tuesday. The awards, given by MSU’s Family Resource Center, started seven years ago at the university to honor bosses who are well-liked by their employees.

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Rally for mental health

She jumped straight out of the comic strip and onto the streets. Standing in the corner of Wells Hall surrounded by signs proclaiming “anxiety,” “depression,” “culture shock,” and “stress” was Lucy Van Pelt, of “Peanuts” fame, ready to offer her brand of psychiatric advice.

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Students build Homecoming floats

Using this year’s theme of “Where Heroes are Made,” student organizations created floats for the Homecoming Parade on Friday. Throughout the week, student groups met in the concourse of Spartan Stadium to assemble their floats on top of flatbeds or to create banners. Here are a few examples of what some student groups are doing in honor of Homecoming.

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Association to award 14 distinguished alumni

Recipients of 2007 MSU Alumni Association awards range from former NASA employees to former MSU Trustees members and multi-million dollar philanthropists. Fourteen individuals and organizations are expected to receive awards Thursday at the Kellogg Center commemorating them for their work with the university.

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Pro-choice minister to discuss abortion

Religion and abortion — two topics typically thought of as polar opposites — will come together for a lecture today given by a minister with the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, a national pro-choice organization.

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Stabenow visits ISS class

Students in an ISS class were treated to a first-hand discussion with U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., on financial aid and rising health care and tuition costs and her position on the war in Iraq.